Techniques for improving power consumption state latency in wireless communications

ABSTRACT

Aspects described herein relate to instructing, from a layer of a modem processor, a host processor to utilize an increased power consumption state for processing data from a network node. The instructing can be performed based on transmitting a signal to the network node and/or receiving signals from the network node, and at a time that allows the host processor to wake up before receiving data from the modem processor for processing.

CLAIM OF PRIORITY UNDER 35 U.S.C. § 119

This application is a Continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No.16/155,664, entitled “TECHNIQUES FOR IMPROVING POWER CONSUMPTION STATELATENCY IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS” filed on Oct. 9, 2018, which isassigned to the assignee hereof and hereby expressly incorporated byreference herein for all purposes.

BACKGROUND

Aspects of the present disclosure relate generally to wirelesscommunication systems, and more particularly, to improving latencyassociated with switching between power consumption states in wirelesscommunications devices.

Wireless communication systems are widely deployed to provide varioustypes of communication content such as voice, video, packet data,messaging, broadcast, and so on. These systems may be multiple-accesssystems capable of supporting communication with multiple users bysharing the available system resources (e.g., time, frequency, andpower). Examples of such multiple-access systems include code-divisionmultiple access (CDMA) systems, time-division multiple access (TDMA)systems, frequency-division multiple access (FDMA) systems, andorthogonal frequency-division multiple access (OFDMA) systems, andsingle-carrier frequency division multiple access (SC-FDMA) systems.

These multiple access technologies have been adopted in varioustelecommunication standards to provide a common protocol that enablesdifferent wireless devices to communicate on a municipal, national,regional, and even global level. For example, a fifth generation (5G)wireless communications technology (which can be referred to as 5G newradio (5G NR)) is envisaged to expand and support diverse usagescenarios and applications with respect to current mobile networkgenerations. In an aspect, 5G communications technology can include:enhanced mobile broadband addressing human-centric use cases for accessto multimedia content, services and data; ultra-reliable-low latencycommunications (URLLC) with certain specifications for latency andreliability; and massive machine type communications, which can allow avery large number of connected devices and transmission of a relativelylow volume of non-delay-sensitive information. As the demand for mobilebroadband access continues to increase, however, further improvements in5G communications technology and beyond may be desired.

For example, 5G NR technologies may be introduced that utilize differentframe structures and short processing time as compared to other wirelesscommunication technologies. Additionally, application processors forwireless communication devices have become more complex and powerful,often requiring more time to switch power consumption states (e.g., towake-up from a sleep mode) as compared to processors of previouswireless communication devices. Though use power consumption states isstill desirable for facilitating conserving power of battery-powereddevices, for example, the shortened processing time used in 5G NR maynot allow sufficient time to switch a power consumption state of a morecomplex processor of a device when received data is provided to a higherlayer application for processing. For example, the processor may nothave enough time to wake-up once data is provided to an associatedapplication, process the received data via the application, and transmitresponding data in accordance with a timeline defined in 5G NR.

SUMMARY

The following presents a simplified summary of one or more aspects inorder to provide a basic understanding of such aspects. This summary isnot an extensive overview of all contemplated aspects, and is intendedto neither identify key or critical elements of all aspects nordelineate the scope of any or all aspects. Its sole purpose is topresent some concepts of one or more aspects in a simplified form as aprelude to the more detailed description that is presented later.

According to an example, a method for wireless communication isprovided. The method includes receiving a signal from a network node,detecting, via a modem processor, one or more properties of the signalat a layer of the modem processor, instructing, from the layer of themodem processor and based on detecting the one or more properties of thesignal, a host processor to utilize an increased power consumption statefor processing data from the network node, and sending, subsequent toand based on instructing the host processor to utilize the increasedpower consumption state, the data received from the network node to thehost processor.

In another example, A method for wireless communication is provided thatincludes transmitting, via a transceiver, a first signal to a networknode, instructing, from a layer of a modem processor and based ondetecting transmitting of the first signal to the network node, a hostprocessor to utilize an increased power consumption state for processingdata from the network node, receiving, via the transceiver, a secondsignal from the network node, and sending, subsequent to and based oninstructing the host processor to utilize the increased powerconsumption state, data received in the second signal from the networknode to the host processor.

In a further example, an apparatus for wireless communication isprovided that includes a transceiver, a memory, and at least oneprocessor communicatively coupled with the transceiver and the memory.The at least one processor is configured to receive a signal from anetwork node, detect one or more properties of the signal at a layer ofa modem processor, instruct, based on detecting the one or moreproperties of the signal, a host processor to utilize an increased powerconsumption state for processing data from the network node, and send,subsequent to and based on instructing the host processor to utilize theincreased power consumption state, the data received from the networknode to the host processor.

In another example, an apparatus for wireless communication is providedthat includes a transceiver, a memory, and at least one processorcommunicatively coupled with the transceiver and the memory. The atleast one processor is configured to transmit, via the transceiver, afirst signal to a network node, instruct, based on detectingtransmitting of the first signal to the network node, a host processorto utilize an increased power consumption state for processing data fromthe network node, receive, via the transceiver, a second signal from thenetwork node, and send, subsequent to and based on instructing the hostprocessor to utilize the increased power consumption state, datareceived in the second signal from the network node to the hostprocessor.

To the accomplishment of the foregoing and related ends, the one or moreaspects comprise the features hereinafter fully described andparticularly pointed out in the claims. The following description andthe annexed drawings set forth in detail certain illustrative featuresof the one or more aspects. These features are indicative, however, ofbut a few of the various ways in which the principles of various aspectsmay be employed, and this description is intended to include all suchaspects and their equivalents.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

The disclosed aspects will hereinafter be described in conjunction withthe appended drawings, provided to illustrate and not to limit thedisclosed aspects, wherein like designations denote like elements, andin which:

FIG. 1 illustrates an example of a wireless communication system, inaccordance with various aspects of the present disclosure;

FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating an example of a UE, in accordancewith various aspects of the present disclosure;

FIG. 3 is a flow chart illustrating an example of a method forinstructing a host processor to enter an increased power consumptionstate, in accordance with various aspects of the present disclosure;

FIG. 4 is a flow chart illustrating an example of a method forinstructing a host processor to enter an increased power consumptionstate based on a signal transmission, in accordance with various aspectsof the present disclosure;

FIG. 5 is a flow chart illustrating an example of a method forindicating a time to remain in an increased power consumption state, inaccordance with various aspects of the present disclosure;

FIG. 6 illustrates an example of a modem processor and host processorarchitecture for instructing the host processor to enter an increasedpower consumption state, in accordance with various aspects of thepresent disclosure;

FIG. 7 illustrates an example of a modem processor and host processorarchitecture for instructing the host processor to enter an increasedpower consumption state based on a signal transmission, in accordancewith various aspects of the present disclosure; and

FIG. 8 is a block diagram illustrating an example of a MIMOcommunication system including a base station and a UE, in accordancewith various aspects of the present disclosure.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

Various aspects are now described with reference to the drawings. In thefollowing description, for purposes of explanation, numerous specificdetails are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding ofone or more aspects. It may be evident, however, that such aspect(s) maybe practiced without these specific details.

The described features generally relate to mitigating effects of latencyin switching a power consumption state of a wireless communicationdevice to allow more efficient processing of received communications. Aswireless communication technologies evolve, new frame structures andshorter processing times are introduced, which can shrink allowable airinterface latency. For example, long term evolution (LTE) can have atransmission time interval (TTI) duration of one millisecond (ms) and anair interface round trip latency of 12.00 ms. Newer technologies canhave shorter durations, e.g., LTE short TTI (sTTI) can have a TTIduration around 0.142 ms and an air interface round trip latency around1.71 ms, new radio (NR) with 15 kilohertz (KHz) subcarrier spacing (SCS)can have a TTI duration around 1 ms and an air interface round triplatency around 5.89 ms, NR with 30 KHz SCS can have a TTI durationaround 0.5 ms and an air interface round trip latency around 3.06 ms, NRwith 60 KHz SCS can have a TTI duration around 0.25 ms and an airinterface round trip latency around 2.03 ms, and NR with 120 KHz SCS canhave a TTI duration around 0.125 ms and an air interface round triplatency around 1.25 ms. Additionally, application processors continue toevolve into larger and more complex architectures with more layers ofcache resulting in longer wakeup times (e.g., as high as 2-3 ms ascompared to closer to 1 ms for some current production processors).Thus, as the processors become more complex and latency requirementsbecome more stringent for wireless communication technologies, aspectsdescribed herein may allow for early wakeup of processors based onanticipated receipt of communications.

For example, modem processing for wireless communications in sometechnologies (e.g., LTE, fifth generation (5G) NR, etc.) involves atleast some of the following steps at one or more communication layers:(1) receiving control channel; (2) receiving data; (3) decoding data;(4) processing data; (5) passing data to a host processor. A hostprocessor of a device can operate in a low power consumption state(e.g., a sleep mode or similar state) to lessen resources utilized, andthus power consumed, by the host processor for a period of time.Typically, the device switches the host processor to an increased powerconsumption state to facilitate processing of received data once thedata is passed to the host processor (e.g., at step 5 described above).Aspects described herein relate to switching the host processor to anincreased power consumption state (e.g., waking the host processor) atan earlier step (e.g., at one or more of steps 1-4 described above).This can allow additional time for the host processor to wakeup such toprevent latency that may be caused by waiting for the host processor towake up once data is already set for processing by the host processor.In addition, aspects described herein can provide improvement over othertechniques including a brute force approach to holding a power lock inthe host processor for the duration of the communication, which may notbe power efficient and/or can exploit very short idle durations.

The described features will be presented in more detail below withreference to FIGS. 1-8.

As used in this application, the terms “component,” “module,” “system”and the like are intended to include a computer-related entity, such asbut not limited to hardware, firmware, a combination of hardware andsoftware, software, or software in execution. For example, a componentmay be, but is not limited to being, a process running on a processor, aprocessor, an object, an executable, a thread of execution, a program,and/or a computer. By way of illustration, both an application runningon a computing device and the computing device can be a component. Oneor more components can reside within a process and/or thread ofexecution and a component can be localized on one computer and/ordistributed between two or more computers. In addition, these componentscan execute from various computer readable media having various datastructures stored thereon. The components can communicate by way oflocal and/or remote processes such as in accordance with a signal havingone or more data packets, such as data from one component interactingwith another component in a local system, distributed system, and/oracross a network such as the Internet with other systems by way of thesignal.

Techniques described herein may be used for various wirelesscommunication systems such as CDMA, TDMA, FDMA, OFDMA, SC-FDMA, andother systems. The terms “system” and “network” may often be usedinterchangeably. A CDMA system may implement a radio technology such asCDMA2000, Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (UTRA), etc. CDMA2000covers IS-2000, IS-95, and IS-856 standards. IS-2000 Releases 0 and Aare commonly referred to as CDMA2000 1×, 1×, etc. IS-856 (TIA-856) iscommonly referred to as CDMA2000 1×EV-DO, High Rate Packet Data (HRPD),etc. UTRA includes Wideband CDMA (WCDMA) and other variants of CDMA. ATDMA system may implement a radio technology such as Global System forMobile Communications (GSM). An OFDMA system may implement a radiotechnology such as Ultra Mobile Broadband (UMB), Evolved UTRA (E-UTRA),IEEE 802.11 (Wi-Fi), IEEE 802.16 (WiMAX), IEEE 802.20, Flash-OFDM™, etc.UTRA and E-UTRA are part of Universal Mobile Telecommunication System(UMTS). 3GPP Long Term Evolution (LTE) and LTE-Advanced (LTE-A) are newreleases of UMTS that use E-UTRA. UTRA, E-UTRA, UMTS, LTE, LTE-A, andGSM are described in documents from an organization named “3rdGeneration Partnership Project” (3GPP). CDMA2000 and UMB are describedin documents from an organization named “3rd Generation PartnershipProject 2” (3GPP2). The techniques described herein may be used for thesystems and radio technologies mentioned above as well as other systemsand radio technologies, including cellular (e.g., LTE) communicationsover a shared radio frequency spectrum band. The description below,however, describes an LTE/LTE-A system for purposes of example, and LTEterminology is used in much of the description below, although thetechniques are applicable beyond LTE/LTE-A applications (e.g., to fifthgeneration (5G) new radio (NR) networks or other next generationcommunication systems).

The following description provides examples, and is not limiting of thescope, applicability, or examples set forth in the claims. Changes maybe made in the function and arrangement of elements discussed withoutdeparting from the scope of the disclosure. Various examples may omit,substitute, or add various procedures or components as appropriate. Forinstance, the methods described may be performed in an order differentfrom that described, and various steps may be added, omitted, orcombined. Also, features described with respect to some examples may becombined in other examples.

Various aspects or features will be presented in terms of systems thatcan include a number of devices, components, modules, and the like. Itis to be understood and appreciated that the various systems can includeadditional devices, components, modules, etc. and/or may not include allof the devices, components, modules etc. discussed in connection withthe figures. A combination of these approaches can also be used.

Referring to FIG. 1, in accordance with various aspects describedherein, an example wireless communication access network 100 includes atleast one UE 104 with a modem 140 for communicating in a wirelessnetwork, a modem processor 142 to receive and decode wirelesscommunications, and a host processor 144 to receive and further processdecoded wireless communications at a higher layer (e.g., for anapplication), as described further herein. Further, wirelesscommunication access network 100, also referred to as a wireless widearea network (WWAN), includes at least one base station 102 via whichthe UE 104 can communicate with one or more nodes of the wirelesscommunication access network to communicate data corresponding to theservice, and/or to communicate with one or more other UEs 104 (e.g.,over a sidelink). The base station 102 can also have a modem forcommunicating in the wireless network.

The one or more UEs 104 and/or the one or more base stations 102 maycommunicate with other UEs and/or other base stations via an EvolvedPacket Core (EPC) 160. The base stations 102 (which can be collectivelyreferred to as Evolved Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS)Terrestrial Radio Access Network (E-UTRAN)) may interface with the EPC160 through backhaul links 132 (e.g., S1 interface). In addition toother functions, the base stations 102 may perform one or more of thefollowing functions: transfer of user data, radio channel ciphering anddeciphering, integrity protection, header compression, mobility controlfunctions (e.g., handover, dual connectivity), inter-cell interferencecoordination, connection setup and release, load balancing, distributionfor non-access stratum (NAS) messages, NAS node selection,synchronization, radio access network (RAN) sharing, multimediabroadcast multicast service (MBMS), subscriber and equipment trace, RANinformation management (RIM), paging, positioning, and delivery ofwarning messages. The base stations 102 may communicate directly orindirectly (e.g., through the EPC 160) with each other over backhaullinks 134 (e.g., X2 interface). The backhaul links 134 may be wired orwireless.

The base stations 102 may wirelessly communicate with the UEs 104. Eachof the base stations 102 may provide communication coverage for arespective geographic coverage area 110. There may be overlappinggeographic coverage areas 110. For example, the small cell 102′ may havea coverage area 110′ that overlaps the coverage area 110 of one or moremacro base stations 102. A network that includes both small cell andmacro cells may be known as a heterogeneous network. A heterogeneousnetwork may also include Home Evolved Node Bs (eNBs) (HeNBs), which mayprovide service to a restricted group known as a closed subscriber group(CSG). The communication links 120 between the base stations 102 and theUEs 104 may include uplink (UL) (also referred to as reverse link)transmissions from a UE 104 to a base station 102 and/or downlink (DL)(also referred to as forward link) transmissions from a base station 102to a UE 104. The communication links 120 may use multiple-input andmultiple-output (MIMO) antenna technology, including spatialmultiplexing, beamforming, and/or transmit diversity. The communicationlinks may be through one or more carriers. The base stations 102/UEs 104may use spectrum up to Y MHz (e.g., 5, 10, 15, 20, 100 MHz) bandwidthper carrier allocated in a carrier aggregation of up to a total of Y*xMHz (where x can be a number of component carriers) used fortransmission in each direction. The carriers may or may not be adjacentto or contiguous with each other. Allocation of carriers may beasymmetric with respect to DL and UL (e.g., more or less carriers may beallocated for DL than for UL). The component carriers may include aprimary component carrier and one or more secondary component carriers.A primary component carrier may be referred to as a primary cell (PCell)and a secondary component carrier may be referred to as a secondary cell(SCell).

Certain UEs 104 may communicate with each other using device-to-device(D2D) communication link 192. The D2D communication link 192 may use theDL/UL WWAN spectrum. The D2D communication link 192 may use one or moresidelink channels, such as a physical sidelink broadcast channel(PSBCH), a physical sidelink discovery channel (PSDCH), a physicalsidelink shared channel (PSSCH), and a physical sidelink control channel(PSCCH). D2D communication may be through a variety of wireless D2Dcommunications systems, such as for example, FlashLinQ, WiMedia,Bluetooth, ZigBee, Wi-Fi based on the IEEE 802.11 standard, LTE, or NR.

The wireless communications system may further include a Wi-Fi accesspoint (AP) 156 in communication with Wi-Fi stations (STAs) 152 viacommunication links 154 in a 5 GHz unlicensed frequency spectrum. Whencommunicating in an unlicensed frequency spectrum, the STAs 152/AP 156may perform a clear channel assessment (CCA) prior to communicating inorder to determine whether the channel is available. In one example,aspects described herein in the context of a base station 102 may beemployed, where appropriate, by an AP 156. Similarly, for example,aspects described herein in the context of a UE 104 may be employed,where appropriate, by a STA 152.

The small cell 102′ may operate in a licensed and/or an unlicensedfrequency spectrum. When operating in an unlicensed frequency spectrum,the small cell 102′ may employ NR and use the same 5 GHz unlicensedfrequency spectrum as used by the Wi-Fi AP 156. The small cell 102′,employing NR in an unlicensed frequency spectrum, may boost coverage toand/or increase capacity of the access network.

The gNodeB (gNB) 180 may operate in millimeter wave (mmW) frequenciesand/or near mmW frequencies in communication with the UE 104. When thegNB 180 operates in mmW or near mmW frequencies, the gNB 180 may bereferred to as a mmW base station. Extremely high frequency (EHF) ispart of the RF in the electromagnetic spectrum. EHF has a range of 30GHz to 300 GHz and a wavelength between 1 millimeter and 10 millimeters.Radio waves in the band may be referred to as a millimeter wave. NearmmW may extend down to a frequency of 3 GHz with a wavelength of 100millimeters. The super high frequency (SHF) band extends between 3 GHzand 30 GHz, also referred to as centimeter wave. Communications usingthe mmW/near mmW radio frequency band has extremely high path loss and ashort range. The mmW base station 180 may utilize beamforming 184 withthe UE 104 to compensate for the extremely high path loss and shortrange.

The EPC 160 may include a Mobility Management Entity (MME) 162, otherMMEs 164, a Serving Gateway 166, a Multimedia Broadcast MulticastService (MBMS) Gateway 168, a Broadcast Multicast Service Center (BM-SC)170, and a Packet Data Network (PDN) Gateway 172. The MME 162 may be incommunication with a Home Subscriber Server (HSS) 174. The MME 162 canbe a control node that processes signaling between the UEs 104 and theEPC 160. Generally, the MME 162 can provide bearer and connectionmanagement. User Internet protocol (IP) packets (e.g., of or relating tothe UE 104) can be transferred through the Serving Gateway 166, whichitself is connected to the PDN Gateway 172. The PDN Gateway 172 canprovide UE IP address allocation as well as other functions. The PDNGateway 172 and the BM-SC 170 can be connected to the IP Services 176.The IP Services 176 may include the Internet, an intranet, an IPMultimedia Subsystem (IMS), a PS Streaming Service, and/or other IPservices. The BM-SC 170 may provide functions for MBMS user serviceprovisioning and delivery. The BM-SC 170 may serve as an entry point forcontent provider MBMS transmission, may be used to authorize andinitiate MBMS Bearer Services within a public land mobile network(PLMN), and may be used to schedule MBMS transmissions. The MBMS Gateway168 may be used to distribute MBMS traffic to the base stations 102belonging to a Multicast Broadcast Single Frequency Network (MBSFN) areabroadcasting a particular service, and may be responsible for sessionmanagement (start/stop) and for collecting eMBMS related charginginformation.

The base station may also be referred to as a gNB, Node B, evolved NodeB (eNB), an access point, a base transceiver station, a radio basestation, a radio transceiver, a transceiver function, a basic serviceset (BSS), an extended service set (ESS), or some other suitableterminology. The base station 102 provides an access point to the EPC160 for one or more UEs 104. Examples of UEs 104 include factoryequipment or nodes, as described above, a cellular phone, a smart phone,a session initiation protocol (SIP) phone, a laptop, a personal digitalassistant (PDA), a satellite radio, a global positioning system, amultimedia device, a video device, a digital audio player (e.g., MP3player), a camera, a game console, a tablet, a smart device, a wearabledevice, a vehicle, an electric meter, a gas pump, a large or smallkitchen appliance, a healthcare device, an implant, a display, or anyother similar functioning device. Some of the UEs 104 may be referred toas IoT devices (e.g., parking meter, gas pump, toaster, vehicles, heartmonitor, etc.). The UE 104 may also be referred to as a station, amobile station, a subscriber station, a mobile unit, a subscriber unit,a wireless unit, a remote unit, a mobile device, a wireless device, awireless communications device, a remote device, a mobile subscriberstation, an access terminal, a mobile terminal, a wireless terminal, aremote terminal, a handset, a user agent, a mobile client, a client, orsome other suitable terminology.

In an example, host processor 144 may operate in a decreased or limitedpower consumption state for a period of time to conserve power, increasebattery life, etc. When the modem 140 receives a wireless communicationfrom a base station 102, another UE 104, etc., modem processor 142 mayinstruct the host processor 144 to enter an increased power consumptionstate to process the received wireless communication. As describedherein, modem processor 142 may instruct the host processor 144 in thisregard at one or more different points in the process of receiving thewireless communication, such as when control data is received ordecoded, when the data is received or decoded, etc. In another example,modem processor 142 may instruct the host processor 144 to enter anincreased power consumption state based on transmitting a communicationto the base station 102, another UE 104, etc., that causes the basestation 102, another UE 104, etc. to transmit the received wirelesscommunication. In any case, the host processor 144 can be switched to anincreased power consumption state to process received communicationsbefore the communications are provided to the host processor 144 tomitigate impact of delay resulting from switching the host processor 144to the increased power consumption state.

Turning now to FIGS. 2-8, aspects are depicted with reference to one ormore components and one or more methods that may perform the actions oroperations described herein, where aspects in dashed line may beoptional. Although the operations described below in FIGS. 3-5 arepresented in a particular order and/or as being performed by an examplecomponent, it should be understood that the ordering of the actions andthe components performing the actions may be varied, depending on theimplementation. Moreover, it should be understood that the followingactions, functions, and/or described components may be performed by aspecially-programmed processor, a processor executingspecially-programmed software or computer-readable media, or by anyother combination of a hardware component and/or a software componentcapable of performing the described actions or functions.

Referring to FIG. 2, one example of an implementation of UE 104 mayinclude a variety of components, some of which have already beendescribed above and are described further herein, including componentssuch as one or more processors, which may include a modem processor 142,host processor 144, etc., and memory 216 and transceiver 202 incommunication via one or more buses 244, which may operate inconjunction with modem 140 and/or components thereof to enable one ormore of the functions described herein related to switching power statesof the host processor 144.

In an aspect, the one or more processors can include a modem 140 and/orcan be part of the modem 140 that uses one or more modem processors 142.Thus, the various functions related to modem processor(s) 142 may beincluded in modem 140 and, in an aspect, can be executed by a singleprocessor, while in other aspects, different ones of the functions maybe executed by a combination of two or more different processors.Similarly, the functions related to the host processor(s) 144 can beexecuted by a single processor, while in other aspects, different onesof the functions may be executed by a combination of two or moredifferent processors. For example, in an aspect, the one or moreprocessors may include any one or any combination of a modem processor,or a baseband processor, or a digital signal processor, or a transmitprocessor, or a receiver processor, or a transceiver processorassociated with transceiver 202. In other aspects, some of the featuresof the one or more processors and/or modem 140 associated with modemprocessor(s) 142 may be performed by transceiver 202.

Also, memory 216 may be configured to store data used herein and/orlocal versions of applications 275 or one or more components, such as asignal processing component 224, power state indicating component 226,power state switching component 252, etc. being executed by at least oneprocessor. Memory 216 can include any type of computer-readable mediumusable by a computer or at least one processor, such as random accessmemory (RAM), read only memory (ROM), tapes, magnetic discs, opticaldiscs, volatile memory, non-volatile memory, and any combinationthereof. In an aspect, for example, memory 216 may be a non-transitorycomputer-readable storage medium that stores one or morecomputer-executable codes defining signal processing component 224,power state indicating component 226, power state switching component252, and/or data associated therewith, when UE 104 is operating at leastone processor to execute such components.

Transceiver 202 may include at least one receiver 206 and at least onetransmitter 208. Receiver 206 may include hardware, firmware, and/orsoftware code executable by a processor for receiving data, the codecomprising instructions and being stored in a memory (e.g.,computer-readable medium). Receiver 206 may be, for example, a radiofrequency (RF) receiver. In an aspect, receiver 206 may receive signalstransmitted by at least one base station 102. Additionally, receiver 206may process such received signals, and also may obtain measurements ofthe signals, such as, but not limited to, Ec/Io, SNR, RSRP, RSSI, etc.Transmitter 208 may include hardware, firmware, and/or software codeexecutable by a processor for transmitting data, the code comprisinginstructions and being stored in a memory (e.g., computer-readablemedium). A suitable example of transmitter 208 may including, but is notlimited to, an RF transmitter.

Moreover, in an aspect, UE 104 may include RF front end 288, which mayoperate in communication with one or more antennas 265 and transceiver202 for receiving and transmitting radio transmissions, for example,wireless communications transmitted by at least one base station 102 orwireless transmissions transmitted by UE 104. RF front end 288 may beconnected to one or more antennas 265 and can include one or morelow-noise amplifiers (LNAs) 290, one or more switches 292, one or morepower amplifiers (PAs) 298, and one or more filters 296 for transmittingand receiving RF signals.

In an aspect, LNA 290 can amplify a received signal at a desired outputlevel. In an aspect, each LNA 290 may have a specified minimum andmaximum gain values. In an aspect, RF front end 288 may use one or moreswitches 292 to select a particular LNA 290 and its specified gain valuebased on a desired gain value for a particular application.

Further, for example, one or more PA(s) 298 may be used by RF front end288 to amplify a signal for an RF output at a desired output powerlevel. In an aspect, each PA 298 may have specified minimum and maximumgain values. In an aspect, RF front end 288 may use one or more switches292 to select a particular PA 298 and its specified gain value based ona desired gain value for a particular application.

Also, for example, one or more filters 296 can be used by RF front end288 to filter a received signal to obtain an input RF signal. Similarly,in an aspect, for example, a respective filter 296 can be used to filteran output from a respective PA 298 to produce an output signal fortransmission. In an aspect, each filter 296 can be connected to aspecific LNA 290 and/or PA 298. In an aspect, RF front end 288 can useone or more switches 292 to select a transmit or receive path using aspecified filter 296, LNA 290, and/or PA 298, based on a configurationas specified by transceiver 202 and/or a processor.

As such, transceiver 202 may be configured to transmit and receivewireless signals through one or more antennas 265 via RF front end 288.In an aspect, transceiver may be tuned to operate at specifiedfrequencies such that UE 104 can communicate with, for example, one ormore base stations 102 or one or more cells associated with one or morebase stations 102. In an aspect, for example, modem 140 can configuretransceiver 202 to operate at a specified frequency and power levelbased on the UE configuration of the UE 104 and the communicationprotocol used by modem 140.

In an aspect, modem 140 can be a multiband-multimode modem, which canprocess digital data and communicate with transceiver 202 such that thedigital data is sent and received using transceiver 202. In an aspect,modem 140 can be multiband and be configured to support multiplefrequency bands for a specific communications protocol. In an aspect,modem 140 can be multimode and be configured to support multipleoperating networks and communications protocols. In an aspect, modem 140can control one or more components of UE 104 (e.g., RF front end 288,transceiver 202) to enable transmission and/or reception of signals fromthe network based on a specified modem configuration. In an aspect, themodem configuration can be based on the mode of the modem and thefrequency band in use. In another aspect, the modem configuration can bebased on UE configuration information associated with UE 104 as providedby the network during cell selection and/or cell reselection.

In an aspect, the modem processor(s) 142, host processor(s) 144, etc.may correspond to one or more of the processors described in connectionwith the UE in FIG. 9. Similarly, the memory 216 may correspond to thememory described in connection with the UE in FIG. 9.

FIG. 3 illustrates a flow chart of an example of a method 300 forinstructing a host processor to enter an increased power consumptionstate. In an example, a UE 104, and/or more specifically one or moremodem processors 142, can perform the functions described in method 300using one or more of the components described in FIGS. 1-2.

In method 300, at Block 302, a signal can be received from a networknode. In an aspect, modem processor(s) 142, e.g., in conjunction withmemory 216, transceiver 202, modem 140, etc., can receive the signalfrom the network node. As described further herein, this can includereceiving a data signal (e.g., a signal corresponding to a data channelcommunication, such as a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH)communication, PSSCH communication, etc.), a corresponding controlsignal (e.g., a signal corresponding to a control communication for thedata communication, such as a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH)communication, PSCCH communication, etc.), and/or the like. For example,modem processor(s) 142 can receive the signal from the network nodewhere the network node can be a base station 102, another UE 104, etc.,and/or may receive the signal in response to a signal transmitted by theUE 104 to the network node (e.g., to the base station 102, another UE104, etc.) over one or more channels (such as a physical uplink controlchannel (PUCCH), physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH), PSSCH, PSCCH,etc.).

In method 300, at Block 304, one or more properties of the signal can bedetected at a layer of a modem processor. In an aspect, signalprocessing component 224, e.g., in conjunction with memory 216,transceiver 202, modem 140, modem processor(s) 142, etc., can detect theone or more properties of the signal at the layer of the modemprocessor. For example, the layer may correspond to a physical (PHY)layer, media access control (MAC) layer, data layer (e.g., internetprotocol (IP) layer), etc., provided by the modem processor(s) 142 forfacilitating network communications. As described above and furtherherein, various properties of the signal can cause the modemprocessor(s) 142 to instruct the host processor(s) 144 to enter anincreased power consumption state such to allow the host processor(s)144 an adequate amount of time to enter the state (e.g., and/or prepareto enter the state) before receiving data from the signal, or anothersignal received from the network node, for processing.

For example, detecting the one or more properties at Block 304 canoptionally include, at Block 306, detecting a control channel. In anaspect, signal processing component 224, e.g., in conjunction withmemory 216, transceiver 202, modem 140, modem processor(s) 142, etc.,can detect the control channel. For example, this can include detectingreceipt of a signal that includes control data for the UE 104 (e.g.,based on locating control data in a common search space or a UE-specificsearch space using an identifier assigned to the UE 104, etc.),detecting metrics of the received signal including control dataachieving associated thresholds (e.g., a signal energy or quality, suchas received signal strength indicator (RSSI), signal-to-noise ratio(SNR), etc., achieving associated threshold(s)), and/or the like.

In another example, detecting the one or more properties at Block 304can optionally include, at Block 308, detecting decoding of the controlchannel. In an aspect, signal processing component 224, e.g., inconjunction with memory 216, transceiver 202, modem 140, modemprocessor(s) 142, etc., can detect decoding of the control channel. Forexample, this can include detecting successful decoding of PDCCHreceived from a base station, PSCCH received from another UE 104, etc.Moreover, in this example, signal processing component 224 can determinethat the control data corresponds to a data signal to be received, whichcan include determining that the control channel indicates/assigns datachannel (e.g., PDSCH) resources. Waking up the host processor(s) 144based on control channel related detections can be earlier than based onother detections described below, and thus may increase a chance of anunnecessary wakeup, but can provide for reduced latency on the part ofthe host processor(s) 144 in transitioning to the increased powerconsumption state. In addition, the control channel detections of Blocks306 and 308 may be performed at a PHY/MAC layer of the modemprocessor(s) 142. Moreover, waking up after PDCCH is decoded can saveabout 2 ms for LTE (which is similar to application processor wakeuptime) and down to about 0.3 ms for NR with 120 KHz sub-carrier spacing.An approximate timeline for processing PDSCH can be:

TTI Duration PDSCH Decode time Technology [ms] [ms] LTE 1 2.00 LTE sTTI0.142 0.28 NR with 15 KHz SCS 1 1.03 NR with 30 KHz SCS 0.5 0.56 NR with65 KHz SCS 0.25 0.46 NR with 120 KHz SCS 0.125 0.31

In another example, detecting the one or more properties at Block 304can optionally include, at Block 310, detecting decoding of data fromthe signal. In an aspect, signal processing component 224, e.g., inconjunction with memory 216, transceiver 202, modem 140, modemprocessor(s) 142, etc., can detect decoding of data from the signal. Asdescribed, for example, this can include detecting decoding a datachannel, such as a PDSCH, PSSCH, etc., which can include data forproviding to one or more applications executing on the host processor(s)144. Moreover, for example, this can include determining that thedecoded data corresponds to a previously received control channel (e.g.,determining that the decoded data is received over resources granted ina previously received control channel, which can be the control channeldetected in Block 306 and/or 308). For example, waking up the hostprocessor(s) 144 based on successful decoding, in this regard, canindicate that the signal is successfully HARQ decoded.

In another example, detecting the one or more properties at Block 304can optionally include, at Block 312, detecting decoding of data toprovide to a higher layer of the modem processor. In an aspect, signalprocessing component 224, e.g., in conjunction with memory 216,transceiver 202, modem 140, modem processor(s) 142, etc., can detectdecoding of the data to provide to the higher layer of the modemprocessor. For example, signal processing component 224 can detectsuccessful decoding of the data signal at a PHY/MAC layer, (e.g., layer2 complete) and/or corresponding sending of MAC protocol data units(PDU) to a higher layer (e.g., radio link control (RLC) layer, packetdata convergence protocol (PDCP) layer, etc.). For example, waking upthe host processor(s) 144 based on detecting providing of the signal orrelated PDUs to the higher layer, in this regard, can avoid waking upthe host processor(s) 144 for control plane traffic associated with thelower layers, which can again lessen chance of unnecessary wakeup, butmay allow less time to wake up the host processor(s) 144 as compared tocontrol channel related detections.

In another example, detecting the one or more properties at Block 304can optionally include, at Block 314, detecting decoding of data toprovide to the host processor over a data layer. In an aspect, signalprocessing component 224, e.g., in conjunction with memory 216,transceiver 202, modem 140, modem processor(s) 142, etc., can detectdecoding of the data to provide to the host processor over the datalayer (e.g., an internet protocol (IP) layer). In one example, this caninclude detecting that a destination IP address in the IP packet of thesignal matches an IP address associated with the host processor(s) 144.In this example, the signal processing component 224 can detect sendingof packets to the data layer (e.g., from a PDCP layer) at the modemprocessor(s) 142 before the modem processor(s) 142 transfers the packetsto the host processor(s) 144. This can again lessen a chance ofunnecessary wakeup as it can allow for ensuring that the packet isintended for the host processor(s) 144, while providing a shortenedwindow for waking up the host processor(s) 144 when compared to otherdetections described above.

Referring to the above time savings, At T0, PDCCH can be received. Thus,for LTE, T0+2 ms can be when PDSCH is received, and waking-up the hostprocessor(s) after decoding PDSCH can cost approximately 2 ms.Similarly, waking-up the host processor(s) after L2 processing can costan addition 0.1 ms, and waking-up the host processor(s) after IPprocessing can cost another 0.1 ms. Thus, when to wake the hostprocessor(s) 144 can be balanced based on the chance of unnecessarywakeup, the associated time costs, and/or the wakeup latency of the hostprocessor(s) 144.

In method 300, at Block 316, a host processor can be instructed, basedon detecting the one or more properties of the signal, to utilize anincreased power consumption state for processing data from the networknode. In an aspect, power state indicating component 226, e.g., inconjunction with memory 216, transceiver 202, modem 140, modemprocessor(s) 142, etc., can instruct, based on signal processingcomponent 224 detecting the one or more properties of the signal, thehost processor to utilize an increased power consumption state forprocessing data from the network node. For example, power stateindicating component 226 can send a command to the host processor(s) 144to cause the host processor(s) 144 to enter the increased powerconsumption state. Moreover, for example, the instruction can relate toentering the increased power consumption state to process data receivedin the signal at Block 302 and/or in a subsequent signal, depending onthe detection at Block 304, as described herein.

As described, for example, the host processor(s) 144 can enter adecreased power consumption state after a period of time, based onmetrics related to receiving communications (e.g., a discontinuousreceive cycle), etc., where the decreased power consumption state caninclude removing power from one or more portions of the hostprocessor(s) 144 and/or other components of the UE 104. In this example,host processor(s) 144 can, in the decreased power consumption state,keep consistent or intermittent power to a mechanism to allow waking upthe host processor(s) 144 (e.g., by a command from the modemprocessor(s) 142 and/or other components). The instruction from themodem processor(s) 142 may include an indication to enter a specificpower consumption state, a full power state, etc., and/or may indicatean amount of time for which the host processor(s) 144 is to remain inthe increased power consumption state (e.g., to handle uncertainty onmodem processing time, data transfer time, etc.), a start time at whichthe host processor(s) 144 are to begin operating in the increased powerconsumption state, and/or the like. In this example, the hostprocessor(s) 144 can transition from a decreased power consumption stateto the increased power consumption state while the modem processor(s)142 continues to receive/process signals that include data for providingto the host processor(s) 144, thus allowing the host processor(s) 144time to wake up without delaying data processing by the hostprocessor(s) 144.

Moreover, in one example, instructing the host processor(s) 144 towakeup may be based on other considerations as well, such as a type ofdata call associated with the received signals (e.g., instruct the hostprocessor(s) 144 to wake up for embedded calls that use the hostprocessor(s) 144, but not for tethered calls that use other processorsin the UE 104 or a system to which the UE 104 is connected). In anotherexample, instructing the host processor(s) 144 to wakeup may be based ona wireless technology in use (e.g., 5G NR, LTE, etc.) or services, suchas voice-over-IP, VR, etc. In another example, instructing the hostprocessor(s) 144 to wakeup may be based on a TTI duration, type of radiobearers active (e.g., guaranteed bit rate (GBR) versus best effortsbearers), size of a received transport block (e.g., if less than athreshold, the data may be a fragment, and can wakeup the hostprocessor(s) 144 if the RLC layer is not waiting for a fragment), and/orthe like. In another example, instructing the host processor(s) 144 towakeup may be based on a last time the host processor(s) 144 were knownto be in the increased power consumption state (e.g., wakeup durationcan depend on a time in a sleep or decreased power consumption state).In another example, instructing the host processor(s) 144 to wakeup maybe based on a latency requirement of the UE 104, of a correspondingbearer, of a corresponding wireless technology, etc. In another example,instructing the host processor(s) 144 to wakeup may be based on qualityof the received signal, for example, a SNR of PDCCH, PDSCH compared tomodulation and coding scheme, etc. In this example, where SNR is low,likelihood of successful decoding can be low, and thus the modemprocessor(s) 142 may not bother with waking the host processor(s) 144.

In method 300, optionally at Block 318, at least one of a shared memory,a memory controller, a memory access module, or a bus can be instructed,based on detecting the one or more properties of the signal, to utilizea different power consumption state. In an aspect, power stateindicating component 226, e.g., in conjunction with memory 216,transceiver 202, modem 140, modem processor(s) 142, etc., can instruct,based on detecting the one or more properties of the signal, at leastone of a shared memory, a memory controller, a memory access module, abus/peripheral component interconnect express (PCIe), etc. to utilizethe different power consumption state. For example, power stateindicating component 226 can instruct one or more of these components toalso increase power consumption for processing data received from thenetwork node.

In method 300, optionally at Block 320 (e.g., in order to handle thevariable processing time of the various entities involved), anindication of a time at which the host processor is to utilize theincreased power consumption state can be received. In an aspect, powerstate indicating component 226, e.g., in conjunction with memory 216,transceiver 202, modem 140, modem processor(s) 142, etc., can receive anindication of a time at which the host processor is to utilize theincreased power consumption state. In this example, modem processor(s)142 can determine a time window when it is able to send data receivedfrom the network node to the host processor(s) 144 for processing.

In method 300, at Block 322, the data received from the network node canbe sent to the host processor, subsequent to and based on instructingthe host processor. In an aspect, modem processor(s) 142, e.g., inconjunction with memory 216, transceiver 202, modem 140, etc., can send,subsequent to and based on instructing the host processor, the datareceived from the network node to the host processor. As described, inthis regard, modem processor(s) 142 can send data from the signalreceived in Block 302, where the signal includes the data, or data fromanother signal where the signal includes control data for the signal,etc. In this regard, the host processor(s) 144 can transition to theincreased power consumption state (or at least begin transitioning tothe increased power consumption state) as the data is being receivedand/or processed.

A specific example is depicted in FIG. 6, which illustrates an exampleof an architecture 600 of a UE 104 having a modem processor 142 and ahost processor 144. Though described with respect to one modem processor142 and one host processor 144 for ease of explanation, a UE 104 mayhave multiple modem processors and/or multiple host processors, asdescribed herein. For example, modem processor 142 can operate onmultiple layers, including a PHY layer 602 (also referred to as layer 1(L1)), MAC layer 604 (also referred to as layer 2 (L2)), and a datalayer 606 (e.g., an IP layer). Host processor 144 can include a driver608 for communicating with the modem processor 142 and an application610 that utilizes the driver 608 to communicate with the modem processor142 to receive signals from other devices, as described. In thisexample, the host processor 144 can operate in a host power collapsedstate 612, which can be a decreased power consumption state. In thisstate, as described, the host processor 144 can power down one or morecomponents and/or may leave power to a component for receiving a wakeupcommand (e.g., from modem processor 142 or other components). Moreover,as described, the host power collapsed state 612 can be triggered by notreceiving communications for a period of time, not otherwise performingprocessing for one or more applications for a period of time, triggeredbased on a state of the modem processor 142, etc.

In this example, the PHY layer 602 can receive a downlink controlchannel 614 from another device via a transceiver (not shown), and candecode control data from the downlink control channel at 616. The PHYlayer 602 can then inform the MAC layer 604 of a transport block (TB)size corresponding to the data. In this example, the MAC layer 604 maydetermine to wake up the host processor at 620 based on detectingdecoding of the control channel by the PHY layer 602 (e.g., which may bebased on receiving the TB size), such to parallelize modem processingand host wakeup, as described herein. In this example, MAC layer 604 cansend a wakeup request 622 to the data layer 606 for forwarding to thedriver 608 operating on the host processor 144. This can cause thedriver 608 to switch the host processor 144 to an increased powerconsumption state, which may take place over host wakeup time 626 (alsoreferred to as host wakeup latency), and the host processor 144 can bein the increased power consumption state (e.g., woken up) by 628. Duringthe host wakeup time 626, the modem processor 142 can continue toreceive and process data to be provided to the host processor 144.

For example, at 630, the modem processor 142 can receive a downlink datachannel, which may be received over shared data channel resourcesgranted by a resource grant in the control channel decoded at 616. ThePHY layer 602 can decode the data at 632, and the MAC layer 604 canallocate memory for processing the decoded data at 634. In addition, forexample, the PHY layer 602 can indicate a L2 TB size at 636, and MAClayer 604 can begin L2 processing of the decoded data at 638 to generateone or more PDUs to provide to the data layer 606 for forming IPpackets. MAC layer 604 can send the PDUs at IP packet to the data layer606 and 640. Data layer 606 can perform IP processing of the IP packetsat 642 to obtain the data for providing to the host processor 144, andcan transfer the data to the host processor 144 at 644. The driver 608can receive the data, and the host can be awake at this time. The driver608 can transfer the data to the application 610.

As described above, in one example, the modem processor 142 can instructthe host processor 144 to wake up after decoding of the control channelat 616, as depicted. In another example, however, modem processor 142can similarly instruct the host processor 144 to wakeup (e.g.,transition to an increased power consumption state) after and/or basedon PHY layer 602 receiving the control channel at 614 (e.g., and/orbased on determining that the control channel achieves a thresholdsignal energy/quality). In another example, modem processor 142 cansimilarly instruct the host processor 144 to wake up after and/or basedon PHY layer 602 receiving the data channel at 630 (e.g., and/or basedon determining that the data channel achieves a threshold signalenergy/quality and/or is associated with the control channel received at614). In another example, modem processor 142 can similarly instruct thehost processor 144 to wake up after and/or based on MAC layer 604completing L2 processing at 638. In another example, modem processor 142can similarly instruct the host processor 144 to wake up after and/orbased on data layer 606 completing IP processing at 642.

FIG. 4 illustrates a flow chart of another example of a method 400 forinstructing a host processor to enter an increased power consumptionstate. In an example, a UE 104, and/or more specifically one or moremodem processors 142, can perform the functions described in method 400using one or more of the components described in FIGS. 1-2.

In method 400, at Block 402, a first signal can be transmitted to anetwork node. In an aspect, modem processor(s) 142, e.g., in conjunctionwith memory 216, transceiver 202, modem 140, etc., can transmit thefirst signal to the network node. As described further herein, this caninclude transmitting a request signal (e.g., to the base station 102,another UE 104, etc.) over one or more channels (such as a physicaluplink control channel (PUCCH), physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH),PSSCH, PSCCH, etc.), to receive a corresponding response signal.

In method 400, optionally at Block 404, a time for instructing the hostprocessor to utilize the increased power consumption state can bedetermined. In an aspect, power state indicating component 226, e.g., inconjunction with memory 216, transceiver 202, modem 140, modemprocessor(s) 142, etc., can determine the time for instructing the hostprocessor to utilize the increased power consumption state. For example,power state indicating component 226 can determine the time as a delayfrom a current time and/or from a time at which the signal istransmitted. For example, power state indicating component 226 candetermine the time, such as a start time, an amount of time, etc., basedon one or more of the transmission time of transmitting the signal atBlock 402, the characteristics of the wireless communication system suchas a round trip time (RTT) for a signal send by the UE 104 to bereceived at the network node, the expected network latency and serverprocessing time and/or a response signal to be received by the UE 104, adownlink processing time to process the response signal received by theUE 104, and/or a wakeup time associated with the host processor(s) 144.In one example, power state indicating component 226 can compute thetime at which to instruct the host processor(s) 144 to wakeup based onadding and/or subtracting one or more of the above values to the timethe signal is transmitted to the network node at Block 402 (e.g.,transmit time+RTT+downlink processing time−host wakeup time).

In method 400, at Block 406, a host processor can be instructed toutilize an increased power consumption state for processing data fromthe network node based on detecting transmitting of the first signal. Inan aspect, power state indicating component 226, e.g., in conjunctionwith memory 216, transceiver 202, modem 140, modem processor(s) 142,etc., can instruct, based on detecting transmitting of the first signalto the network node, the host processor to utilize an increased powerconsumption state for processing data from the network node. Forexample, power state indicating component 226 can instruct the hostprocessor(s) 144 after the determined time has elapsed and/or at orafter the time of transmitting the first signal to the network node. Inany case, the host processor(s) 144 can begin waking up to receiveresponse communications from the network node. This may be beneficial inNR technologies having low latency properties in communications (e.g.,such that the modem decode time may be shorter than a wakeup time of thehost processor(s) 144).

For example, latency sensitive traffic can originate from the hostprocessor and go to a server (e.g., in a network accessible by a basestation 102) for processing and returns to the host (e.g., virtualreality (VR) traffic). Thus, based on seeing an uplink transmission fromthe UE 104, power state indicating component 226 can schedule the hostprocessor(s) 144 wakeup at or near an expected time of downlink arrivalof data in response to the uplink transmission. For example, an IP flowidentifier can be associated with waking up the host processor(s) 144such that when the modem processor(s) 142 detect an uplink communicationwith the IP flow identifier for low latency traffic (e.g., a 5-tupleidentifier), the power state indicating component 226 can transmit theinstruction to the host processor(s) 144. In another example, this maybe linked to quality-of-service (QoS) level for the IP flow (e.g., in3GPP), such that when modem processor(s) 142 detect uplink datatransmission that is mapped to a radio bearer or IP flow having a QoSlevel indicating low latency, power state indicating component 226 caninstruct the host processor(s) 144 to wakeup. Moreover, the instructioncan originate from the modem L2 or IP layer, as described, and/or on thehost processor(s) 144 driver layer. In one example, though shown anddescribed as occurring in the modem processor(s) 142, the hostprocessor(s) 144 can detect the uplink transmission sent to the modemprocessor(s) 142 and can accordingly schedule the wakeup time for thehost processor(s) 144.

In method 400, at Block 408, a second signal can be received from thenetwork node. In an aspect, modem processor(s) 142, e.g., in conjunctionwith memory 216, transceiver 202, modem 140, etc., can receive thesecond signal from the network node. For example, this can includereceiving a data signal (e.g., a signal corresponding to a data channelcommunication, such as a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH)communication, PSSCH communication, etc.), a corresponding controlsignal (e.g., a signal corresponding to a control communication for thedata communication, such as a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH)communication, PSCCH communication, etc.), and/or the like. For example,modem processor(s) 142 can receive the signal from the network nodewhere the network node can be a base station 102, another UE 104, etc.,and may receive the second signal in response to the first signaltransmitted to the network node at Block 402.

In method 400, at Block 410, the data received in the second signal fromthe network node can be sent to the host processor, subsequent to andbased on instructing the host processor. In an aspect, modemprocessor(s) 142, e.g., in conjunction with memory 216, transceiver 202,modem 140, etc., can send, subsequent to and based on instructing thehost processor, the data received in the second signal from the networknode to the host processor. As described, in this regard, modemprocessor(s) 142 can send data from the second signal received in Block408, where the signal includes the data, etc. In this regard, the hostprocessor(s) 144 can transition to the increased power consumption statebased on transmitting the first signal, and can be available to processdata received at Block 408.

A specific example is depicted in FIG. 7, which illustrates an exampleof an architecture 700 of a UE 104 having a modem processor 142 and ahost processor 144. Though described with respect to one modem processor142 and one host processor 144 for ease of explanation, a UE 104 mayhave multiple modem processors and/or multiple host processors, asdescribed herein. For example, modem processor 142 can operate onmultiple layers, including a PHY layer 702, MAC layer 704, and a datalayer 706 (e.g., an IP layer). Host processor 144 can include a driver708 for communicating with the modem processor 142 and an application710 that utilizes the driver 708 to communicate with the modem processor142 to receive signals from other devices, as described. In thisexample, the host processor 144 can operate in a host power collapsedstate 712, which can be a decreased power consumption state. In thisstate, as described, the host processor 144 can power down one or morecomponents and/or may leave power to a component for receiving a wakeupcommand (e.g., from modem processor 142 or other components). In anexample, the host power collapsed state 712 can be triggered based atleast in part on the application sending an uplink transmission to themodem processor 142 (e.g., via driver 708). The uplink transmission canbe processed at the data layer 706 to generate MAC layer PDUs, and tothe PHY layer 702 for transmission as a signal to another network node.

In this example, the MAC layer 604 can determine to wake up the hostprocessor 144 based on detecting the uplink transmission 714, at 716,and can determine the time to trigger the wakeup at 718. As described,MAC layer 704 can determine the time to trigger wakeup based at least inpart on a RTT 720 known between transmitting uplink data and receivingcorresponding downlink data. MAC layer 704 can use additional parametersto determine the wakeup time to trigger, which can be offset from thetime of sending uplink transmission 714 and may also include consideringdownlink processing time, wakeup latency associated with the hostprocessor 144, etc. MAC layer 704 can send a wakeup request 722 to thehost processor 144 (via driver 708) after the determine time to triggerhas elapsed. The host processor 144 can accordingly initiate host wakeupbased on receiving the request 722, and can wakeup after the host wakeuptime 724 at 726. The modem processor can receive downlink data 728 fromthe other network node, and can forward the data to host processor 144for processing, and the host processor 144 can be in the increased powerconsumption state to process the downlink data based on the aspectsdescribed above.

FIG. 5 illustrates a flow chart of another example of a method 500 foractivating an increased power consumption state. In an example, a UE104, and/or more specifically one or more host processors 144, canperform the functions described in method 500 using one or more of thecomponents described in FIGS. 1-2.

In method 500, at Block 502, an instruction to utilize an increasedpower consumption state for processing data from a network node can bereceived from a modem processor. In an aspect, power state switchingcomponent 252, e.g., in conjunction with memory 216, transceiver 202,modem 140, host processor(s) 144, etc., can receive, from the modemprocessor (e.g., modem processor(s) 142), an instruction to utilize theincreased power consumption state for processing data from the networknode. As described, for example, the modem processor(s) 142 can send anearly wakeup command to the host processor(s) 144 to cause the hostprocessor(s) 144 to switch from a decreased power consumption state tothe increased power consumption state. In addition, in an example, theinstruction can include a time for remaining in the increased powerconsumption state (e.g., to allow enough time for the host processor(s)144 to receive and process data before entering the decreased powerconsumption state). Moreover, as described, host processor(s) 144 canoperate in the decreased power consumption state by removing power fromcertain components for a period of time, while maintaining power toother components for receiving the instruction from the modem processorand/or other instructions.

In method 500, at Block 504, the increased power consumption state canbe activated for a duration corresponding to the instruction. In anaspect, power state switching component 252, e.g., in conjunction withmemory 216, transceiver 202, modem 140, host processor(s) 144, etc., canactivate the increased power consumption state for the durationcorresponding to the instruction. Thus, the host processor(s) 144 canoperate in the increased power consumption state for the duration toreceive and process data from the modem processor(s) 142.

In method 500, at Block 506, data received in a signal from the networknode can be received from the modem processor while utilizing theincreased power consumption state. In an aspect, host processor(s) 144,e.g., in conjunction with memory 216, transceiver 202, modem 140, etc.,can receive, from the modem processor(s) 142 and while utilizing theincreased power consumption state, data received in the signal from thenetwork node. As described, the host processor(s) 144 can accordingly beawake to process this data.

In addition, in method 500, at Block 508, a time at which the hostprocessor is to utilize the increased power consumption state can beindicated to the modem processor. In an aspect, power state switchingcomponent 252, e.g., in conjunction with memory 216, transceiver 202,modem 140, host processor(s) 144, etc., can indicate, to the modemprocessor(s) 142, a time at which the host processor is to utilize theincreased power consumption state. In this regard, for example, themodem processor(s) 142 can determine when to send packets to the hostprocessor(s) 144 for processing while the host processors(s) 144 are inthe increased power consumption state. For example, the hostprocessor(s) 144 can indicate its expected wakeup time to the modemprocessor(s) 142.

FIG. 8 is a block diagram of a MIMO communication system 800 including abase station 102 and a UE 104. The MIMO communication system 800 mayillustrate aspects of the wireless communication access network 100described with reference to FIG. 1. The base station 102 may be anexample of aspects of the base station 102 described with reference toFIG. 1. The base station 102 may be equipped with antennas 834 and 835,and the UE 104 may be equipped with antennas 852 and 853. In the MIMOcommunication system 800, the base station 102 may be able to send dataover multiple communication links at the same time. Each communicationlink may be called a “layer” and the “rank” of the communication linkmay indicate the number of layers used for communication. For example,in a 2×2 MIMO communication system where base station 102 transmits two“layers,” the rank of the communication link between the base station102 and the UE 104 is two.

At the base station 102, a transmit (Tx) processor 820 may receive datafrom a data source. The transmit processor 820 may process the data. Thetransmit processor 820 may also generate control symbols or referencesymbols. A transmit MIMO processor 830 may perform spatial processing(e.g., precoding) on data symbols, control symbols, or referencesymbols, if applicable, and may provide output symbol streams to thetransmit modulator/demodulators 832 and 833. Each modulator/demodulator832 through 833 may process a respective output symbol stream (e.g., forOFDM, etc.) to obtain an output sample stream. Eachmodulator/demodulator 832 through 833 may further process (e.g., convertto analog, amplify, filter, and upconvert) the output sample stream toobtain a DL signal. In one example, DL signals frommodulator/demodulators 832 and 833 may be transmitted via the antennas834 and 835, respectively.

The UE 104 may be an example of aspects of the UEs 104 described withreference to FIGS. 1-2. At the UE 104, the UE antennas 852 and 853 mayreceive the DL signals from the base station 102 and may provide thereceived signals to the modulator/demodulators 854 and 855,respectively. Each modulator/demodulator 854 through 855 may condition(e.g., filter, amplify, downconvert, and digitize) a respective receivedsignal to obtain input samples. Each modulator/demodulator 854 through855 may further process the input samples (e.g., for OFDM, etc.) toobtain received symbols. A MIMO detector 856 may obtain received symbolsfrom the modulator/demodulators 854 and 855, perform MIMO detection onthe received symbols, if applicable, and provide detected symbols. Areceive (Rx) processor 858 may process (e.g., demodulate, deinterleave,and decode) the detected symbols, providing decoded data for the UE 104to a data output, and provide decoded control information to a processor880, or memory 882.

The processor 880 may in some cases be or include the host processor(s)144 (see e.g., FIGS. 1 and 2), and Rx processor 858, Tx processor 864,Tx MIMO processor 866, etc. may be or include the modem processor(s)142, described above, etc.

On the uplink (UL), at the UE 104, a transmit processor 864 may receiveand process data from a data source. The transmit processor 864 may alsogenerate reference symbols for a reference signal. The symbols from thetransmit processor 864 may be precoded by a transmit MIMO processor 866if applicable, further processed by the modulator/demodulators 854 and855 (e.g., for SC-FDMA, etc.), and be transmitted to the base station102 in accordance with the communication parameters received from thebase station 102. At the base station 102, the UL signals from the UE104 may be received by the antennas 834 and 835, processed by themodulator/demodulators 832 and 833, detected by a MIMO detector 836 ifapplicable, and further processed by a receive processor 838. Thereceive processor 838 may provide decoded data to a data output and tothe processor 840 or memory 842.

The components of the UE 104 may, individually or collectively, beimplemented with one or more ASICs adapted to perform some or all of theapplicable functions in hardware. Each of the noted modules may be ameans for performing one or more functions related to operation of theMIMO communication system 800. Similarly, the components of the basestation 102 may, individually or collectively, be implemented with oneor more ASICs adapted to perform some or all of the applicable functionsin hardware. Each of the noted components may be a means for performingone or more functions related to operation of the MIMO communicationsystem 800.

The above detailed description set forth above in connection with theappended drawings describes examples and does not represent the onlyexamples that may be implemented or that are within the scope of theclaims. The term “example,” when used in this description, means“serving as an example, instance, or illustration,” and not “preferred”or “advantageous over other examples.” The detailed description includesspecific details for the purpose of providing an understanding of thedescribed techniques. These techniques, however, may be practicedwithout these specific details. In some instances, well-known structuresand apparatuses are shown in block diagram form in order to avoidobscuring the concepts of the described examples.

Information and signals may be represented using any of a variety ofdifferent technologies and techniques. For example, data, instructions,commands, information, signals, bits, symbols, and chips that may bereferenced throughout the above description may be represented byvoltages, currents, electromagnetic waves, magnetic fields or particles,optical fields or particles, computer-executable code or instructionsstored on a computer-readable medium, or any combination thereof.

The various illustrative blocks and components described in connectionwith the disclosure herein may be implemented or performed with aspecially-programmed device, such as but not limited to a processor, adigital signal processor (DSP), an ASIC, a FPGA or other programmablelogic device, a discrete gate or transistor logic, a discrete hardwarecomponent, or any combination thereof designed to perform the functionsdescribed herein. A specially-programmed processor may be amicroprocessor, but in the alternative, the processor may be anyconventional processor, controller, microcontroller, or state machine. Aspecially-programmed processor may also be implemented as a combinationof computing devices, e.g., a combination of a DSP and a microprocessor,multiple microprocessors, one or more microprocessors in conjunctionwith a DSP core, or any other such configuration.

The functions described herein may be implemented in hardware, softwareexecuted by a processor, firmware, or any combination thereof. Ifimplemented in software executed by a processor, the functions may bestored on or transmitted over as one or more instructions or code on anon-transitory computer-readable medium. Other examples andimplementations are within the scope and spirit of the disclosure andappended claims. For example, due to the nature of software, functionsdescribed above can be implemented using software executed by aspecially programmed processor, hardware, firmware, hardwiring, orcombinations of any of these. Features implementing functions may alsobe physically located at various positions, including being distributedsuch that portions of functions are implemented at different physicallocations. Also, as used herein, including in the claims, “or” as usedin a list of items prefaced by “at least one of” indicates a disjunctivelist such that, for example, a list of “at least one of A, B, or C”means A or B or C or AB or AC or BC or ABC (i.e., A and B and C).

Computer-readable media includes both computer storage media andcommunication media including any medium that facilitates transfer of acomputer program from one place to another. A storage medium may be anyavailable medium that can be accessed by a general purpose or specialpurpose computer. By way of example, and not limitation,computer-readable media can comprise RAM, ROM, EEPROM, CD-ROM or otheroptical disk storage, magnetic disk storage or other magnetic storagedevices, or any other medium that can be used to carry or store desiredprogram code means in the form of instructions or data structures andthat can be accessed by a general-purpose or special-purpose computer,or a general-purpose or special-purpose processor. Also, any connectionis properly termed a computer-readable medium. For example, if thesoftware is transmitted from a website, server, or other remote sourceusing a coaxial cable, fiber optic cable, twisted pair, digitalsubscriber line (DSL), or wireless technologies such as infrared, radio,and microwave, then the coaxial cable, fiber optic cable, twisted pair,DSL, or wireless technologies such as infrared, radio, and microwave areincluded in the definition of medium. Disk and disc, as used herein,include compact disc (CD), laser disc, optical disc, digital versatiledisc (DVD), floppy disk and Blu-ray disc where disks usually reproducedata magnetically, while discs reproduce data optically with lasers.Combinations of the above are also included within the scope ofcomputer-readable media.

The previous description of the disclosure is provided to enable aperson skilled in the art to make or use the disclosure. Variousmodifications to the disclosure will be readily apparent to thoseskilled in the art, and the common principles defined herein may beapplied to other variations without departing from the spirit or scopeof the disclosure. Furthermore, although elements of the describedaspects and/or embodiments may be described or claimed in the singular,the plural is contemplated unless limitation to the singular isexplicitly stated. Additionally, all or a portion of any aspect and/orembodiment may be utilized with all or a portion of any other aspectand/or embodiment, unless stated otherwise. Thus, the disclosure is notto be limited to the examples and designs described herein but is to beaccorded the widest scope consistent with the principles and novelfeatures disclosed herein.

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 21. A method for wireless communication, comprising:receiving a control signal from a network node, wherein the controlsignal comprises a control channel indicating resources for receiving acorresponding data signal and one or more properties of thecorresponding data signal; receiving the corresponding data signal onthe indicated resources; instructing, from a layer of a modem processorand based at least on the one or more properties of the correspondingdata signal, a host processor to utilize an increased power consumptionstate for processing data from the corresponding data signal receivedfrom the network node at a time before the modem processor completesprocessing of the corresponding data signal; and sending, subsequent toand based on instructing the host processor to utilize the increasedpower consumption state, the data received in the corresponding datasignal from the network node to the host processor.
 22. The method ofclaim 21, wherein the one or more properties of the corresponding datasignal include a duration of a transmit time interval (TTI) of the datasignal.
 23. The method of claim 21, wherein the one or more propertiesof the corresponding data signal include a type of one or more radiobearers active for receiving the corresponding data signal.
 24. Themethod of claim 21, wherein the one or more properties of thecorresponding data signal include a size of a received transport block.25. The method of claim 21, wherein the one or more properties of thecorresponding data signal include a modulation and coding scheme (MCS),and wherein instructing the host processor to utilize the increasedpower consumption state is based on comparing a signal quality of thecorresponding data signal to the MCS.
 26. The method of claim 21,wherein instructing the host processor to utilize the increased powerconsumption state is further based on the control signal having at leasta threshold energy.
 27. The method of claim 21, wherein instructing thehost processor to utilize the increased power consumption state includesindicating a duration during which the host processor is to utilize theincreased power consumption state.
 28. The method of claim 21, furthercomprising receiving, from the host processor and based on instructingthe host processor to utilize the increased power consumption state, anindication of a time at which the host processor is to utilize theincreased power consumption state.
 29. The method of claim 21, furthercomprising instructing, from the layer of the modem processor and basedat least on the one or more properties of the corresponding data signal,at least one of a shared memory, a memory controller, a memory accessmodule, or a bus to utilize a different power consumption state.
 30. Anapparatus for wireless communication, comprising: a transceiver; amemory; and at least one processor communicatively coupled with thetransceiver and the memory, wherein the at least one processor isconfigured to: receive a control signal from a network node, wherein thecontrol signal comprises a control channel indicating resources forreceiving a corresponding data signal and one or more properties of thecorresponding data signal; receive the corresponding data signal on theindicated resources; instruct, from a layer of a modem processor andbased at least on the one or more properties of the corresponding datasignal, a host processor to utilize an increased power consumption statefor processing data from the corresponding data signal received from thenetwork node at a time before the modem processor completes processingof the corresponding data signal; and send, subsequent to and based oninstructing the host processor to utilize the increased powerconsumption state, the data received in the corresponding data signalfrom the network node to the host processor.
 31. The apparatus of claim30, wherein the one or more properties of the corresponding data signalinclude a duration of a transmit time interval (TTI) of the data signal.32. The apparatus of claim 30, wherein the one or more properties of thecorresponding data signal include a type of one or more radio bearersactive for receiving the corresponding data signal.
 33. The apparatus ofclaim 30, wherein the one or more properties of the corresponding datasignal include a size of a received transport block.
 34. The apparatusof claim 30, wherein the one or more properties of the correspondingdata signal include a modulation and coding scheme (MCS), and whereinthe at least one processor is configured to instruct the host processorto utilize the increased power consumption state based on comparing asignal quality of the corresponding data signal to the MCS.
 35. Theapparatus of claim 30, wherein the at least one processor is configuredto instruct the host processor to utilize the increased powerconsumption state further based on the control signal having at least athreshold energy.
 36. The apparatus of claim 30, wherein the at leastone processor is configured to instruct the host processor to utilizethe increased power consumption state including indicating a durationduring which the host processor is to utilize the increased powerconsumption state.
 37. The apparatus of claim 30, wherein the at leastone processor is further configured to receive, from the host processorand based on instructing the host processor to utilize the increasedpower consumption state, an indication of a time at which the hostprocessor is to utilize the increased power consumption state.
 38. Theapparatus of claim 30, wherein the at least one processor is furtherconfigured to instruct, from the layer of the modem processor and basedat least on the one or more properties of the corresponding data signal,at least one of a shared memory, a memory controller, a memory accessmodule, or a bus to utilize a different power consumption state.
 39. Anapparatus for wireless communication, comprising: means for receiving acontrol signal from a network node, wherein the control signal comprisesa control channel indicating resources for receiving a correspondingdata signal and one or more properties of the corresponding data signal;means for receiving the corresponding data signal on the indicatedresources; means for instructing, from a layer of a modem processor andbased at least on the one or more properties of the corresponding datasignal, a host processor to utilize an increased power consumption statefor processing data from the corresponding data signal received from thenetwork node at a time before the modem processor completes processingof the corresponding data signal; and means for sending, subsequent toand based on instructing the host processor to utilize the increasedpower consumption state, the data received in the corresponding datasignal from the network node to the host processor.
 40. The apparatus ofclaim 39, wherein the one or more properties of the corresponding datasignal include a duration of a transmit time interval (TTI) of the datasignal.